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Published: Thursday, April 12, 2007$ F3 u' N% D; E! J) d& d3 b L1 n
4 Q& [1 ?6 a/ _% Z; IEDMONTON — Southgate Centre today began a $108 million expansion to accommodate more than 30 new retailers and restaurants.
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- w& r: ^3 a: J* S* g; @The two-year project, facing 111th Street, will add 126,000 square feet of leasable space on the ground floor — and two levels of parking above.7 D# S9 w8 M9 V8 u: E/ s; J
# Y$ k" ^. j. k5 V0 E“Part of the redevelopment will include enhanced site lighting and closed-circuit TV security systems monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Southgate general manager Paul Fairbridge.
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It also will include hotel-quality washrooms and private sitting rooms for nursing mothers.( I2 M7 w _" z2 ^
" c& b+ [+ X4 |1 ~* Y" e W# M$ lThe expansion is expected to create at least 500 new full-time and part-time jobs.
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' o* m9 o. _/ ^: CSouthgate, a 36-year-old mall located south and west of 51st Avenue and 111th Street, now has 130 stores and services. It is owned by Ivanhoe Cambridge, based in Montreal.+ l5 Q5 A" K. y! z. Y; u
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4 N% f- z: T! s: \; ]0 I8 a6 Q g, o6 qAn artist's drawing of the expanded Southgate. |
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